nuque

The nape of the neck.

Noun

  1. The nape of the neck.
    • He had buried his mouth in Ada's nuque, when she stiffened and raised a warning finger. - 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 158:

Origin

From Middle French nuque, nuche, from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ). Doublet of nucha.

Forms

nuques